diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Bmp/BmpEncoderCore.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Bmp/BmpEncoderCore.cs
index be7c1d2e55..aa8f2b8a5e 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Bmp/BmpEncoderCore.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Bmp/BmpEncoderCore.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Bmp
     /// </summary>
     internal sealed class BmpEncoderCore
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// A general use buffer for reading and writing data.
+        /// </summary>
+        private byte[] buffer = new byte[16];
+
         /// <summary>
         /// The amount to pad each row by.
         /// </summary>
@@ -75,30 +80,16 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Bmp
                 reserved: 0,
                 fileSize: 54 + infoHeader.ImageSize);
 
-            WriteHeader(writer, fileHeader);
+            fileHeader.WriteTo(this.buffer);
+
+            stream.Write(this.buffer, 0, BmpFileHeader.Size);
+
             this.WriteInfo(writer, infoHeader);
             this.WriteImage(writer, image.Frames.RootFrame);
 
             writer.Flush();
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Writes the bitmap header data to the binary stream.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="writer">
-        /// The <see cref="EndianBinaryWriter"/> containing the stream to write to.
-        /// </param>
-        /// <param name="fileHeader">
-        /// The <see cref="BmpFileHeader"/> containing the header data.
-        /// </param>
-        private static void WriteHeader(EndianBinaryWriter writer, in BmpFileHeader fileHeader)
-        {
-            writer.Write(fileHeader.Type);
-            writer.Write(fileHeader.FileSize);
-            writer.Write(fileHeader.Reserved);
-            writer.Write(fileHeader.Offset);
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Writes the bitmap information to the binary stream.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Bmp/BmpFileHeader.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Bmp/BmpFileHeader.cs
index ed17164a22..113dc0d479 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Bmp/BmpFileHeader.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Bmp/BmpFileHeader.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 // Copyright (c) Six Labors and contributors.
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
 
+using System;
+using System.Buffers.Binary;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Bmp
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -13,6 +17,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Bmp
     /// All of the other integer values are stored in little-endian format
     /// (i.e. least-significant byte first).
     /// </remarks>
+    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, Pack = 1)]
     internal readonly struct BmpFileHeader
     {
         /// <summary>
@@ -44,12 +49,31 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Bmp
         /// Gets any reserved data; actual value depends on the application
         /// that creates the image.
         /// </summary>
-        public int Reserved { get;  }
+        public int Reserved { get; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the offset, i.e. starting address, of the byte where
         /// the bitmap data can be found.
         /// </summary>
         public int Offset { get; }
+
+        public unsafe void WriteTo(Span<byte> buffer)
+        {
+            if (BitConverter.IsLittleEndian)
+            {
+                fixed (BmpFileHeader* pointer = &this)
+                {
+                    MemoryMarshal.AsBytes(new ReadOnlySpan<BmpFileHeader>(pointer, 1)).CopyTo(buffer);
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // Big Endian Platform
+                BinaryPrimitives.WriteInt16LittleEndian(buffer.Slice(0, 2), this.Type);
+                BinaryPrimitives.WriteInt32LittleEndian(buffer.Slice(2, 4), this.FileSize);
+                BinaryPrimitives.WriteInt32LittleEndian(buffer.Slice(6, 4), this.Reserved);
+                BinaryPrimitives.WriteInt32LittleEndian(buffer.Slice(10, 4), this.Offset);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Bmp/BmpFileHeaderTests.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Bmp/BmpFileHeaderTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ad227cfdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Bmp/BmpFileHeaderTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+using System;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Bmp;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Bmp
+{
+    public class BmpFileHeaderTests
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public void TestWrite()
+        {
+            var header = new BmpFileHeader(1, 2, 3, 4);
+
+            byte[] buffer = new byte[14];
+
+            header.WriteTo(buffer);
+
+            Assert.Equal("AQACAAAAAwAAAAQAAAA=", Convert.ToBase64String(buffer));
+        }
+    }
+}
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